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      Still on sale at " all the Publishers , Price Threepence only , V THE POOR iffiAlTS dOSIPAWIOSr * A ^ POLITlCAt ALiiANACB : FOR 1842 , SETTING forth j at 6 ia 4 view » the enormous wriauvit Of Taxes wrung from the industry of a starring people , and / their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subjects connected with general policy . ' ¦ ¦ '¦' . ¦ / ' ¦ ' V ¦ . OPIlTlONjB OF THE PBEiSS . . / ' V- - ' ,.- - - '¦ " Essentially a * Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest' ealogium as fulfilling the promise of its title . In . addition to the usual Bubjectmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of the utmost importance , as affording the very information the vroTkiag classes are moch in need ofthe grosB misappropriation of tkeir property in pen-Bions and high official salaries given for bad government . A chapter is also annexed On 'the condition 6 f the : people , ' calling for universal psrusal . We would particularly coniinend the work to the attention of Chartist Lecttirers . —they will find it an invaluable text book ;"—English Chartist Circular . " This little compendium of useful information is entitled to pur warm commeudation . Tie statistical details bear ample evidence of having bMn prepared with much care , aad the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the monies thereby derived , are not mere curiotif than useful , while the commentavy appended to each division of the eubject cannot fail by its tone to make the ' Poor Man ' s Companion * highly vovu \ 9 , r . " r- Weckly Dispatch . : ¦ ¦¦ . '¦?¦ : ¦ : "We are acoustomed to speak of unequal laws and ef the enormous burdens that are laid upon the poor for the benefit of therich , and w < j are accustomed to speak thus so often that the very iteratidtt pf the remark causes it toJdose its force , and to pass harmless . Hence ther ; necessity for details ; and details , cotaQ from whatever quarter they may , if well substantiated , always come to us as acceptable visitors , aiid are welcomed asaneffedtive force which we can wield against the strongholds of cofruptien . The details in this Almanack are clearly Bet forth , and really they tell a dark and fearful tale . Unhappily we _ have too good grounds to believe them cprreot . Mr . Hobson refers to datss and state docum ??^— foir « t is a mercy that we have a prec ent which forces the public plunderers to trumpet forth their robberies . In a" word we may state that the national taxation—who pay it—who devour it-raro set forth in a lucid manner in this ' Poor Man ' s Companion . ?'—Leeds Times . r V \ Tais ie verily a Poor Man ' s vademecum : th © cheapest and best book of general reference for almost all subjects in which the peopltt ' s interests are immediately invplyed that we have ever seen . In addition to all the usual information of an Almanack , it cdntainaia , ^ ^ massof statistical iuforihaff tion crammed into the snjallest possible space upon most important subjects . " ¦ - ¦ We feel pereuaded that there is not a working irian in the kingdom , who will be without his Companion , ' if he can peBsibiy procure One . "— -Northern Ston / ; . / W , ¦ ¦ ¦ . « ' This is a Political Alnianack for 1842 , shewing the amount and application pf the taxes raised from the industry of the ^^ . working ^ ^ oVasseg , and containingmuch information ^ 'for them , and some alsa that may be useful to tbps © bora only to consuaze their productions . Among other statistical tables , it gives a summary of the resources of Great Britain , » comparison between the productive and unproductive classes , and long and instructive answera to the question ^ 'how are the taxes applied 1 ' * The Cost oi the Church , ' and the * Black List , ' may also be perused with advantage . ^— -j « n ... - ; : " Thisisa threepenny Almanack , and Worth twice the money at whioh it can be purchased . The Ahaanaok is equal to any other we have yet seen ; and the work contains besides a great variety , as well as coudensation , of political information with which it is important , the * Poor Man shouid bo acquainted . "—Briluhqueenand Staieman * " ;; "A Chartist Almanack , in which muoh rise is made of the npw readily accessible Parliamentary Returns ,, whose totals are-presented and commented upon in the style to be expected from a shrewd and vigorous - mind . "—Spectator . ; ; - ; : ^ % ^ Parties residing : at a : distance , ffoni ^ any of the > Liberal Bopl £ 8 eller 3 > and finding it difBcul ' t .- * to : prpcure the Poor , Man's Alindnack , ba ^ a oa \ y tp : send Five Postage Stamps and their audress to the Ptfbllsiier , and a copy \ rill be sent them by tha ¦• returning post . . ' -: ' : '' . ; . . " ¦ ¦ . ' ¦;¦ .. ¦ . ¦ ;¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ .: . ••¦ ; . ' Leeds : Printed by J . Hob son , Northern Star Office-Published in London by J . Ckave , Shoe-lane * Fleet-street ; in Manchester by A . Heywood Oldham-street ; in Newcastle , by 3 > . France and Go Side ; and in GJasgow , by Paton and Love , Nulson-street . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ';¦ :- » : " . * ¦ : ; . \ .. - ¦

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      a lafconr , and plenty of capital , thousands are dying for-want , and hundreds of thousands are onlj gostaining a miserable existence by robbery and prostitation ! Howisthis ! Hie cause is not fer to --seek . We have a trinity of means , bat not a trinity in unity . Thai ' s the ndseihief . If we had labour , land , and capital in nnity , we might laogh at the threatenings of want , and at the prognostics of national insolvency . The landlord would get more rent , and fee tenant would be more able io pay it . Machinery , which neither can nor ongfrfc to ha tnnied back in its career would become

      so aid to , instead of a Bnperseder of , manual labour . The powers of the intellect wonld be rendered receptive of all the . discoYeries of science , and all the troths of philosophy , by a practically osefU education , and tho affections of the ^ ill would Sow forth in their jaatnral and appropriate channels , blessing and . fertilising and adorning ths whole earth .

      These are some of the results which would flow from this glorious . combination of means , for the regeneration of society . But how are we to gat these means ! By getting a power ever the l » ws by which all these means are controlled and regulated . By getting TJkivjebsai Supfbage , together with the other pointa of the Charter , » ad ihns securing to this mighty people an hcmest and an efficient Government , A Government which looking neither to the right or to the left , would make the interest of the whole people it 3 first and eheifest care , and which would , by destroying the influence of faction , secure to ages jet unborn , the invaluable blessings of peace , happiness , and prosperity . -

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      WAGES OF LABOUR AND "EXTENSIONS " OF COMMERCE . It is extremelj important that the question of » Extension of Commerce : is it desirable V should be speedily set at rest . If the effects of former u extensions" upon the wages and well-being of the labouring portion of the community hare been advantageous ; if they hare added to the labourer ' s Store of provisions and stock of clothing , in God ' s name let us hare more of them ! let us join the Com Law Repealers , and badger " total Repeal" out of Sir Robert Psel and the People ' s

      House" ! But if former " extensions' * have not had this efiect j if the condition of the producer of wealth has not been bettered by them , to say sotMsg of its being made worse ; if the many and numerous " extensions" we hare already had , hare not put more food upon the tables , and more clothing opon the backs of the werkers , to say nothing of the possibility of their having run away with the most of what were . there ; if former " extensions " hare not had this effect , should we not pause , and vsk the owners of maehinery why we should demand another ?

      To settle this question we must hare the tables we asked for in a former article . We must see what effect these " extensions" hats had upon wages . Are wages as high now as they were in 1810 ? Will &ey purchase as much bread and beef as they did then ? Does the workman get as much of the eatables , drinkables , and wearables now as he did then ! Has he the means of doing so ? We teant

      the toilet to answer these questions . To work , then , those who are not already engaged . Look up your work and wage books . . Make out your statements . Be very particular . Let us have the truth ; and then for an answer to the Coxa Law Repealers who prate about the necessity of Repealing the Corn Laws , 6 O as to extend commerce to secure to the labouring men High wages , cheap food , and assir to do" ]

      As a sample of the sort of information we want , and s guide as to the way in which the tables should be prepared , we subjoin one we hare . received from Carlisle . The tale it tells , as to ihe effects of H extensions" of commerce upon the hand-loom wearers of that city , accordB most certainly with the statements made by the " great" mooiers of the * great" cotton district , at their recent gathering in Manchester , but does sot say mnch in favour of fnrfesr " extension . " Here the table is , however j let it speak for itself . Table , shewing the state of the hsnd-Joom-weaving in the city of Qa-Usk , from the year 1805 , up to the present period .

      l No . of To . Reed Picks . Width Length Shut- Price per Cut . . ties . l& 85 JlfO 8 17 lJydV 28 3 3 OabiIlings 1 * 10 . . ^ - „ 20 - 24 m . ; 1 * 15 -. < - -. - 15 -. lStfl _ -. 11 - lSSfr _ 1 « l } yd * 24 » 5 „ 18 SS 1 O 8 C .. 36 in . 451 2 5 6 d . liU 1000 9 3 Si _ 31 2 3 Id . double sting , crossover l&il 1260 15 36 „ 31 4 4 s . 6 d . 1 M 11600 9 52 _ - 31 2- 3 s . 3 d . im ; 1200 ; 11 36 _ 31 5 4 s . 3 d . Tar-; an gingham .

      Ths above are ths gross earnings per cot , at the different periods mentioned ; and , up to 1818 , s eat was ecasidered a tolerably good -week ' s wori : k > in&t the TEsrer experienced a-reduction of 19 s . pet cut from 1805 np to 1818 . From 1830 , the fabrics have "been laehthat a weaver will average a cut and a . half per vwi : so that his average gnu earnings will be someirhtit about 7 s . per week ; from which tbe iallowing iscesssry deductions must be made : — £ a d £ 8 . d . 1 | cuts ... „ 0 7 0 Twvpeaoe ia the shilling tar . Tr ading .. „_ . „ . „ ,. „ .......... t 1 2 loom Bent .... „ . „ _ o 1 o Candies , Fire , &c o 0 6 ¦ fcandng , Twisting , it . „ » .. 0 « 3 £ 0 2 11 0 2 11

      Sett earnings for one week £ 0 4 1 -The aboTe are the earnings of the Trery best "workmen * ba faiiy employed . At the time of the Commis-^ as " inquiry in 1838 , thaw -were engaged in this « wch 2 , 200 persons ; that number has been con-^«» bly reduced from the aboTe period np to the JWsenttune . Bnrrah 2 lads , for " extensions" of commerce ¦ "is redactions in the wages of the hand-loom " * e » Ters in CarfMe weTB os } j $ o per cent , from wo to 1815 , befokb the present " atroeions" and " iafuaous" Corn Laws were enacted I Hurrah for " extensios" ! the reductions since 1815 only mtsmi to 60 per cent , more ! Shout ! lads , Kumt ! for more " extension" ! " Down with the w > m Laws . " " Up with steam . " " More marjr . " M 13 ore commerce" Hurrah ! for

      ^ . * — — ' — w V ^ Wltt ^^^ iv ^ Vlf * - ^^ em wmr ^^ ^^ tm ^ m ^» - — eUtDiion" ! ^_ saidera of the abore table accompany it " ¦ "i ^ a note from which we giTe the following extract : — " Ths condition of thia patient and industrieus body « men ia now -wretched in the extreme ; indeed , their jale , . emanated , and dejected appearance is a con-« wang proof of theii abject poTraiy . Wa hare con-3 ° » d with & aEniber of tfca Committee appointed last

      *** to inquire into the present distress and suferiDg " ^^ "ffoikiBg classes ; and he informs us that the ?« eo is far greater than he had « rer anticipated £ * fi « se ha -riated there was a wretched , naif-starred 7 y ~ S- creature in & room ¦ containing no articles of ^ itarej a little stow in a comer for a bed , -with a ™« eoTering ; a gate -with no fire , and cupboards ^ ttont any articles of food ! 'I cannof ( said the s-Njeman , tears trickling down his eheekB ) , as an f ^ anaa ana tiie father of a family , go on with the picture !* " -

      ^ -Aadis this the "home , " ihe Giristmas "home" ! ^ "independent" English labourer ?! la this 7 * edition of those who formerly had plenty t ( *» % s « who do all the work , and fight all the «* aes , in this pitiable plight ?! How 2 ia 3 this r ^^ e in their condition been brought about 1 Why * that they are now so -destitote , as , in many T ** ^ to ¦ " wiEh the Almighty may put an end *« e ? sufferings before momin ^ M How comes ^ e to be flomuch poterty and misery in England ? ^ &ad was formerly famed for its good living ; * p is to say , for the plenty in which the whole the people liyed ; for tho ctundance of good ?™ Dg aud good food widch they had . It was r ^ TB , ever sitce At bore the came of England ,

      richest and most powerful country in Europe ; **** k good living , its superiority in this particular " ^ ct , was proverbial amongst all who knew , or

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      who had heard talk of the English nation . Good Gt ) di how changed ! How , then , did this hoiilble , this disgraceful ,, this cruel , poverty come to be upon this once happy nation ? Where has the plenty fled to ! .-Where is the food , and clothing , and furniture that oncemadethehomes of the working men happy and comfortable 1 Who has gotten it f Where is it all ? We haVe vastly improved our means of producing wealth . Science has been called in to our aid ; Chemistry and Meohanics have been enlisted in our serrice ; we have inanimate power alone equal to the labour if six hundred and fifty

      millions of men ; hove is it that the people are so poor ? How is it , that just in proportion as this inanimate power has increased in amount , the wages and home * comforts of the workman have decreased ? Howhas this come to pass ! That such is the fact , the revelationsmade by the " great" cotton masters ai their ' men " meeting , as to the utterly destitute condition of the working people of their ** great district , fully prove . That such is the fact the table of wages above given is sufficient evidence . How , then , comes all this to bel And especially , how comes it to pas 3 , that while this poverty , and misery , and absolute

      destitution has been coming over the workers , the ownere ofmaehinery have been amassing wealth in a manner unprecedented in the annals of the whole world ? How is it , that while the bedB of the workpeople have disappeared from their cots , " fortunes" unequalled in amount have been rapidly made by the great factory masters ! How comes it , that while the - meal-kisfc" and the beer-barrel , and the " haver-bread" creel have departed from the workman ' s home , the Mabshalls' of Leeds have been able to pile up such heaps of money , that they can now boast of being possessed of millions ! and

      that the greatest difficulty they have now to contend with is to find "investments" for their enormous capital ! How is it , that while the labourer ihat produceth has been reduced from plenty to euch a deplorable state , that their masters actually find them ** wishing the Almighty would terminate their sufferings before morning , " these same masters should have gathered together such heaps of wealth , that they can publicly boast of being able buy up the aristocracy " of England ! Have the " great " fortunes of the masters anything to do with causing the destitution of the " bauds" ! Would the workpeople ha ve been in their present si toation , had anoth er system of distribution prevailed , which would have

      circulated the millions' * now in Mabshalls * hands through the pockets atid tills of the labourer and shopkeeper I Would it have been any werse for the producer and distributor of wealth , had not Messrs . TSdmtod Ashwobth and Robskt Htdjs Greg , with a few compeers , become possessed of Buck vast accumulations , as to be able to bay up the aristocracy \ Can . such heaps of wealth be accumulated tcithout catjsisg poverty toothers ? Is not cur commercial system fundamentally wrong , when it takes au . from the worker and gives all to the employer t Will an extension" of it be of any us © to any but those who have accumulated and are accumulating their thousands and millions ! Do any other parties ask for such an •* extension " !

      These queries , we leave to be answered by the judgment of those who read them . The answers to them will lead ihe working people to agitate for a far different measure of relief to the one recommended iy the Leagued Anti-Corn Law Gentry . We fancy they will be inclined to say to the " great " masters : — " - Yodb system has been ' extended * far enough . It may have worked yrtil enough for you . You have amassed wealth almost beyond bounds ; but you have done bo at our expence . You kxow how wb abk . You have told the whole world tjiat the effeet of your systemnpon us has been

      to reduce us from comfort to destitution * Yoo have proclaimed that many of us ' have neither beds nor bedding , nor anything but the bare floor to lie down upon when nature is exhausted . ' Yotj have trumpeted forth the feet that * however unnatural it may appear , it is nevertheless true , thai in some dwellings old age , youth , and infancy , six , seven , aad eight in number , are obliged to huddle together in one bed , for want of means to provide better accommodation ! ' You have also home testimony to tae fact' that hundreds of our families , both parents and children , have ho change of clothes of any

      description ; the linen of both men , womea , and children having to be washed on the Saturday night , the parties having to remain entirely destitute [ naked !!!] until it is dried 1 ' Yoc have also testified that many of cur dwellings contain scarcely anything but the bare walls f and you found the inmates so pressed apon by gaunt hunger and' the appalling difficulties under which they laboured , that they wiBhed the Almighty might terminate their sufferings before morning ! ' Yon KNOW , and have avowed , that this is our present condition . You know , too what our coadition was , before your system came

      into operation . Yon know that we then were able to live , and live comfortably . You know that we had wages which purchased for as both beds , and furniture , and food , and plenty of them . Yon know , too , that we know Juno most qf you then were . Yoa know thatwe know that Bksst Gorrsat apon a stool in the counting-house , a 3 a hired book-keeper . Yoo know tha = t we know that John Mabshau . was a journeyman flax-heckler . You know that we know that Tom Stabxey and Joe Stabket were journeymen croppers . You know that we know that Johs left the shear-board in

      his clogs to go . get wed . You know that we know the particulars of most of you ; and that we know the particulars relating to ourselves . And you also know that we know , that while you have become immensely rich , ice have become deplorably poen Your system has taken from vs , to give to tod ! ' Extension' of it may be desirable to you . * Much would have more ) ' Bat what interest have tee in ' extension' I Ought we not rather to wish to return back to our fnll pantry , our well-filled ' meal-Mst , ' our flowing milk bowl , our bread-creel , " and our flitch of bacon . These are the things we want , —not exte » -

      sion . If ) * extension' will give them back again to us , we ask for * extension . ' Bnfc former * extensions ' have not added to our store ! On the contrary , every * extension' has taken from U 3 : until at last we are in the aitaation you describe . ' The system may be well enough for you j but we must have an alteration of it . We must have thingB on that footing that we can have enough to eat and enough to wear in return for our labour . And this we will have ^ Tfiere are means in our hands to produce enough .: we are willing to produce ,

      as we have formerly produced : but we must live , and live well , too . There is no reason why we should not , except it be to enable you to boast of being so rich as to be able to buy up the aristocracy : and we see no fun in that ! You tell as aristocracies are bad things j we do notk want another ! At all events , aristocracy or no aristocracy ; mill-lords with millions , or no mill-lords ; fortunes or no fortunes , we must and will live , and live well ! If your commercial system cannot afford to let us do thi 3 , we must alter it . We will not remain as we are 5 You

      cannot expect it , nor can you expect that we . should aid you in further reducing us in the scale of being . Away , then with your projects of 'Extensions ' of our present commeree !" Such , we opine , will be the answer of the operatives to the " great" masters , who ask for their " sweet voices" and blistered hands in aid of their wicked schemes to wring more wealth out of the bones and "blood of the producing many . In fact , such has . bees , and such is , the answer enunciated in the woe-begone condition of the Leaguers ' agitation , and in the life and vigour of the people ' s own agitation . for right and power . The former is down : the other is rising in importance and stedfastness every day !

      There are several things connected with ihs recant gathering of the " great" masters at Manchester the other day , that we mast have a word or two upon . Want of space will prevent this for the present . We can only here pnfc on record the fol-IowiDg , which we take -froa the Spectator of Saturday . It devclopes a scheme" of the " great " masters , equalled . only in cold-bloodedness and atrocity by the one which was laid and played off , to entrap the agricultural labourers into the manufactsring districts io loicer the wages of all engaged in manufacturing labour . The men assembled lately in Manchester as the " Deputies from the various towns comprised in the

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      great- cotton diBtrici" were the " echemers" in both instances . Ai present wecaii onlyjn ^ qjaoife ' thie ariicle from the Spectator ; next week we shall have something to Bay upon it . This last scheme ehofT ? the nature of the " sympathy" of the * great " masters with those who hate heeff worked to death to fill their money bags . OJ yes , they are full of sympathy ! Read ! 1 J ' The StockportChronide of yesterday calls attention to a ' tremendous power * -which the manufacturers possess over' the agriculturists , immediately available , and perfectly legal in its exercise . ' A committee of inquiry , similar to that atPLeeds , has jnst made its report ; aad it flndBth&t of the 10 , 000 families in the batongh , 3 , 000 belong to rural district *; There' are

      4 , 000 persons in the houses visited totally unemployed , 2 , 800 parttalry employed . It Is calculated $ ta ! ithere are at least 4 , 009 persons too many for the employment of ins place . In the agricultural districts there Is no want of labour ; and it ia proposed to send back the people belonging to those districts , to be maintained ont of the local rates . Beckoning that each family of five persons would consume in . poor-rates as nuyjhaa the " rental of . twenty-five acres , the 3 , 000 families returned from Stockport would consume the rental of 75 , 000 acres . Lancashire could send back 50 , 000 families , to consume the rental of tracts equal to many small counties . Some ma-Tnifieturera already begin to think of ' clearing their eslales '—the manufactories—of their agricultural burdens . The landlords are warned to beware of the manufacturers' ' army of desolation . '"

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      T" : The National Petition . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the Ns . ti . ons . 1 Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for what they are signing : He is ready to supply them to the Associations arid to individuals at the following charges : —\ QO copies for Is ; 1 , 000 for 15 * . Petition sheets , of goodslrgng paper , ruled in four columns , and holding two ' hundred names when filled , may also be had , price 2 d . each . The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London ; Messrs . Palon and Love , Glasgow ; and Mr . Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low as to preclude credit .

      Henry . Gibbs . —Had the money he mentions been received at the Sttx-ojh ~ ce it would have been acknowledged . Anthony Haigh . —His letter has been forwarded to the . general secretary , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester . The Pokts . —Our poetical friends have , beenaii usual exceedinglybounteous : we have so large a stock of poetry and apologies for poetry on hand , and our friends supply us constantly so liberally , that we shall not henceforth particularly notice this department in our "Notices to Correspondents . " We shall select from the mass sent us as much as we have room for , with as much impartiality as possible . Accepted pieces wiU , therefore , be known by their appearance in the

      paper ; and authors whose communications do not appear will not , therefore , conclude that they are rejected because of demerit , as it would be impossible for us to find room for half of even the readable poetry thai comes , to us . : Chablks Davidson . —We have no room . Patrick Bxjbke . —There is no new point in his letter to entitle it to the space it would occupy . Gbacchds writes to call the attention ' of Chartists to the importance of the land and its cultivation ; and suggests to Mr . O'Connor the propriety of placing his principles on this subject , and the plan contained in his letter , published by Mr . Hobson , in the "Labourers' Library , " before Parliament , in the shape of a Bill . The "Northern Star" in the East Indies . —

      J . H . writes us that he lately received a letter from a brother now at Bangalore , East Indies , who states that he had there read the Northern Star . A Dosdee Chartist . —Should have sent us his name and address : though we should not , even then , have inserted . his letter . We have much better occupation for our space than to fill it up with further attacks upon , and exposures of , Mr . R . J . Richardsoni Until that person clears himself of the horrible imputations which how rest upon him , his character miist be sufficiently appreciated by all honest Chartists :. There is no need oj more light upon it . General Council . —The hatters' 'list is omitted

      because we neither know from whom or whence it comes , nor are the residences appended . The Merthyr Tydvil list is left out for the latter reason ; The Colchester list because it isincorrect , and we have no means of putting it right . John Hall , Byker Hill . — We have not got the information he mentions , and shall be glad to receive all particulars from him . Geobgb Lindsay , Eccles , will oblige us by writing on one side of his paper only . Obsbrvkbs , Kilmarnock , Scotland . ^ — -We shall always be glad to receive any information from them . " Northern Star" Plates . —Hull Subscribers wishing io have the large Plates are requested to send

      in their names immediately to Mr . Robert Lundy , Mytongate . The Condition of England . —We thank the people of Carlisle for their statistics . We pray for mare from all parts of the country . Let all trades bestir them . The communications we have yet had are too exclusive in their character . We want the amount of wages , and their gradual riseorfall ^ for the last thirty years , from all trades . Mr . Campbell , General Secretary , would wishpar ^ Ocularly to hear from Mr . Candy , Mr . Sinclair , and other parties to whom he has written lately ; and he also wishes that the sub-Secretaries would immediately convene the General Council to settle the accounts with . the Executive as soon as

      possible . There will be no more cards printed until the accounts are settled . Mr . Campbell also wishes to know why Mr . Sidaway , of Gloucester , Mr . Edwards , of Newport , and Mr . Collett , of Banbury , have not communicated with him . Pindbb ' s Chartist Blacking . —We are glad to see that this patriotic Chartist is doing some good , and tee think that he ought to be enabled to do a gteat deal more . Mr . Robert Lundy , newsvender , $ 0 ., of Mytongate , Hull , authorises us io say that he has opened a retail agency for Pindcr ' s blacking , and that outofthefourpencein the shilling allowed as the retail vendor ' s profit he has -determined to give threepence to the

      Executive , feterving only one penny for the trouble and expence of conducting the sale . This is an example worth following : we recommend it to the notice of the friends in every other town : there must surely be some good Chartist found in every town who will have enough of patriotism to sell this blacking , and let the profits of it go to the support of the cause ; he maintaining himself as now . This done to any considerable extent would provide abundant funds for all the purposes of the Executive , and prevent the necessity for the continual appeals which we are now compelled to make for direct subscriptions . Do let it be done . John M'Whibhie . —The best way to get Binder ' s

      blacking is io address a letter to Roger Pinder , No . 5 , Wealherill ' s Place , Carr-lane , Hull , enclosing a post-office order , for the amount wanted . ¦ _ - - ' .. -.. . . ¦ . The Executive cannot possibly meet in Bristol , on the 3 rd , for want of funds . John Lister lakes us somewhat severely to task for what he thinks and designates our " toothiiolent attack on Mr . Clayton , of Huddersfield" He says he knows Mr . Clayton to be a " steady , sober , straightforward , persevering young man , ' and describes him as being "honoured and respected by all the Chartist body in Huddersfield ? ' and this he thinks quite " sufficient to make a young manlike Mm proud of himself . " He states that

      the Chartists of Huddersfield owe much to Mr . Clayton ' s exertions , and gives several hints about the "unprincipled" leaders of for mer times , as if for the purpose of contrasting Mr . Clayton with them . We do not think him at all happy in his defence of Mr , Clayton . Mr . Clayton may have been very useful Io the Huddersfield Chartists—we have asserted nothing io the contrary ; other persons , "leaders of the Old Northern Union in Huddersfield , " may have been very " unprincipled , " and may have been concerned in " circumstances that would make us startle , if related ; ' we know nothing of it , and therefore don ' t believe it : nor do we see what earthly connection it has with Mr . Clayton ' s attack upon us . We have no objection to Mr . Clay tows being "honoured and respected by the Hudderffield Chartists ; " we

      have a great desire to honour and respect him too ; we would willingly be as proud oj'Mr . Clayton as he is stated by his friend to . be of himself ; but we cannot think the assertion and insinuation of known , wi' ful , and malicious falsehoods to be matters that can justly make Mr . C . "proud of himself" or * ' honoured and respected by all the Chariitt body . " At all events , they cannot make him "honoured and respected" by us . Mr . Clayton thought proper io write to the Scottish Patriot a lie ; he knew it to be a lie when he wrote it ; he so couched and worded it as to make it the exponent of a very petty ; and malicious effort at" bearing false witness ag « inst a neighbour ? who had deserved differently of and from him . This may , in Mr . Lister ' s opinion , entitle him to the "honour and respect of all the Chartist body in Huddersfield , " but we do not think so .

      Wm . Duff . —Better , by all means , take the traxw hire and the day ' s wages , and have no more nonsense about is . If you go to law , you will be beaten .

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      SOPPOBT . FOR THE ExECUTlYB . — -F&hsr dni \ Co . . i '¦ Arnett ' s-square ^ North-street , H * ill ,: mdnufacr , turers ^ bpxrxd&spfepery description , gunrods , and fishing rods , tape inch measures , and ya . rd sticks ^ ( Old every other ^ licle ^^ rute-makin ^ wayi are toilltn ^ io gU > efiw $ W a half per cent , on their receipts tit the Executive . pay carriage to all parts of England , Ireland ; Wales ; and ~ Scotland , for all orders to the arnount of £ 1 and upwards . Persons who favour them with orders ¦ to send a letter to the Executive ^ informing ^ them - -of the amount . Money to be remitted with all orders . They warrant their articles oj ' commerce ( o be as good and as cheap as can beYmanvfous '

      tured by any other house in thetradtf ^ -Mr : Geotge Gfayffi , West-slreei , Hitll , mui ^ of Slacking , and-proprietor oj " Dr . Ddr / ey's Universal Life Restoring Vegetable Pills f Is . l | rf ; " -peYieT , dutyincluded ) , offcts io give'ten pet ' cent , of his receipts to the Executive , ; ¦ ' InrQiriBBH , BABN 8 &BY , ~ 3 r / te appointment to which he alludes is honorary : there ts rio salary at alt . '¦ ¦ ¦ : Witt P . M . Brophy , of Dublin , be Mhdenoughio inform Edmund Stallwoodj 6 ± 'Vale-plat : e Hamr tnersmUh i Londonjif- ' MrslElixabeihPbrd ; an Englishwoman ; maj ^ be allciwed to a ^ and assist her oppressed brethren and sisters of l + elatid by becoming a member'ofthei Dublin' Universal Suffrage Association ; and if a Northern Star per week willie a sufficient contribution ? : ' ¦ ¦ : ^ : ' William Cook , jun ., sub-Secretary of the Chartist Association of Hackney , wishes to have Ms nam ^ inserted amongst the list of Total Abstinence ¦ ¦ Chartists . r - - "\ . ; - -- - '; - : 'l ¦ ¦ :- ! y ' \ i

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      A . S . Wilson . —Tes , by entering Me name with the - Agent . ' .. ' ¦ : - '¦¦¦ ¦• : ' : - ' - . '¦ ¦' .:- ¦¦ - ¦' : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦>¦ . , v ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ 'V :: ''" A SINCERE GHARTIST , ALLISTRiE .- ^*

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      To meet the wishes of many who desire to have the Small Portraits formerly Issued 1 Withi the Star , aad who say that 4 ^ d . is an awkward price to remit , we have determined to offer them at 4 d . each . The lUt comprises Pdttrfiits of— - ; , F . O'Connor , H . Hunt , . R . Oaatler , Andrew Marvel , . J . R . Stephens , ' ' Arthur O'Connor , Sir W . Moleswbrtb Thos . Attwood , and Wn £ Cobbett , Bronterre O'Brien . All these will be allowed to the Agent * and Booksellers , so as to retail at 4 d . each . Any one experiencing : difficulty in procuring them has but to inclose six Postage Stamps , either te the office , or t # our principal agents , Mr . Cleave , of London , Mr . Quest , of Birmingham , and . Mft Hey wood , of Manchester , and he can have any one on the litr returned to him by the next post .

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      REl-ISSUE OF THE LARGE PORTRAITS . We are constantly receiving applications from new subscribers , or from friends , wishing to know upon what terms they can be supplied with the Large Portraits that have been , at different times , iaaued to the subscribers to the Star ;; to these applications our invariable answer has hitherto been , " not at any price . " The calls upon us , however , have now become so numerous and so urgent , that we have determined to issue them again on the following tarms : — , ^ A person wishing to subscribe for any one of the luge Platea , must enter his name with hla News-agent , and Subscribe regularly for the paper for six weeks , specifying at toe time he enters Us name the Plate he wants . ¦ : ¦' : ^ :

      At the end of his six weeks' subscription he will receive the Plato along with his Paper for that week , for both of which he will be charged Is . by the Agent , and no more . The Agent will be charged for Paper and Plate for that week 9 d . ; so that he will have 25 per cent , profit for his trouble . The Papers will costhim nothing for carriage , as they go by post ; and we will contrive to get the Plates to him for as little cost as possible . . : ;• -... . "¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ; . . : ' ; . . ¦' ¦ ¦ ;¦ : ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ' ¦" , Any subscriber who receives his paper direct from the cffiie , can have the plates on : the same terms as ' from an agent . ¦ ¦ -. : /" ' \ . ¦ . :, ¦ : ; . :- <¦¦ :.: ¦ ''' ' ¦'¦" ¦ : ' :

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      " All classes will prey upon all Other classss , just as much as they can and dare , " : . Hamer Stansfeld . Sir , —I had intended to return to the subject of the impracticability and injustice of a repeal of the Corn Laws , bo long as our present fixed monetary payments remain ; and I bad also intended to have examined the subject in that point of view in which you seem so confident of the success of your arguments ; but , having seen what you mooted at the late Leeds » nti-C 6 m Law Meeting , I will forego my former intention for a time , and at present address you upon what you are reported to bare said at that meeting . ; In the Leeds Times of the 18 th instant , you are reported to have said : —'

      «• We must go still fmther , and ask for a re-adjustment of Ihe national taxation , as some compensation to the working classes ; though It- is an , odd sort of cbmpensatien after all , to ask for what is only another measure of justice . Ths annual expenditure , in round numbers , is , £ 50 , 000 , 000 , —^ £ 30 , 000 , 000 iof which is required for the Interest of the National Debt . Let £ 10 , 000 , 000 of this ~ be raised by a tax upon rent , and £ 20 , 000 , 000 by a tax upon funded and other property , and then there wilt be' other £ 20 , 660 , 000 to be raised by taxes on articles of consumption , which are chiefly paid by the working classes . Until you , the middle classes , demand full justice for the working classes , you never will have their support ; and without ttyodt tfferts will be in vatni . I beg leave to propose full justice , and nothing mote than justice , to the working classes . " . - '¦ ¦ ' .. '¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ . ' . ' . . ' : ¦ . - ¦ .:

      How ,, in ^ name that goad great ! is this " odd sort of compensation , " as you justly call it , to " give full justice to the working ; classes ? " By all that Is ridiculous , but you middle class theorists do spur your Rosinante at a famous rate , when you get astride I Just tell us , Mr . Stansfeld , Aou ? this ceasing to take money fcoul tho waistcoat pockety and taking it from the breeches pocket instead , is to do such " full justice" to the labourers as to cause them to give you their Bupport ? Do . tell us how ., " this changing of the species , without diminishing the quantity , " ( as M'Cullocb foolishly said on another occasion , ) Is either to ; fitl the bellies , or clothe the backs , or ' Jn anywaydo " full justice to the working classes ? " Come , out with it l tell us how it is !! ¦ ' . - ¦

      Let ns take a case or two , by w » y of example , to see bow your " fnll-jastice" plan would be likely to act Suppose , then , a landlord with an income of a £ 1 , 0 00 a-year , and that his taxes which he has now indirectly , to pay upon the articles he consumes in the expending of his £ l , « 00 amount to £ 300 , leaving £ 700 net for tho articles themselves ; And let usahp suppose , that Bamer Stansfeld , Esq ., has come in with his truly " odd sort of coropensatiori , * ' which is to dp " full justice and nothingmore to the working classes ;" and ltt us suppege that he proposes , in " KlngCambysus' ¦ H en , ' to demand , ia order to '' do full justice to the working . classes / 1 ; mind , that every £ 1 , 000 of rent shall have laid upon it a direct tax of £ 300 ; and suppose that he has the power to make his proposition

      become the law of the ' land ! : Suppose all this , what would you gain by it ? Would the £ 300 taken in dfreci taxes effect -either the landlord or the labourer any more than the Jlke sum taken by indirect taxes ? Wouldyoube any nearer doing "full justica to thework-Ing classes , " or would it in any way tend to restoie his " meal-kist f But I had forgot—yotiT very clever associate , Mr . Piint , has told you .. ' that-- 11 , taxes have nothiDg to do with the price of articles ; " and that consequently when the landlord was purchasing his tobacco , his tea , his coffee , sugair , his inait—in short , his everything , and paid the tax upon them in the pric ^ of the article , the tax formed no part of the price , and did not affect his

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      income the-sameaSifhe ^ diately to the tax-gatherer I Really , this " Science of Political / Economy" makes-: atrange ^^ creatures of us all . Well might Byron exclaim-- ; , ,. ^ , v : ; .. / ;¦' . ¦ - . ¦ '¦; : iTeUuswhat yoo ^ think of ^^ y our great thinkers !" But , perhapfij , yo ^ wW tell me . thatsy ^ iwUl not ^^ proportion , tu&dirftct and indirect ,, I ^ es , so exactly , but thatyoijmean ;^ olay " onft 8 ( reat ^ rprpportipn ; fofrdirect tax ; npon the landlord , and . that , in such a , way as sbaU decidedly a « fect Wniiv . Wby , really ,-Sir , are yo »

      sincere ? Do you tbinfc that so lopg > as they have the making « f ttoai lawB , they wiU ^ ot lafcis-: c 8 « rtJ } at ; the consumer of the produce of the landias the tax tbpay , as ^ eflfcctuaUjr : as if heitbft « onsuin « r , was paying it as uflual in the price of ; hls articbaa' of ¦ consumptioa ? Are you realty so bewitched with " theory ran mad /' as to sappose that those" whor command both estates in Parliament will be oyersean io this way ! Dj you really suppoafrthat they will oease to be . " the power working underneath ; an * which will teap , even mow than all the advantages resulting from any- such

      measure ? " : ; ' . ¦ - . '¦ . - -y . .. v . ¦; : ;¦ ¦¦;• " -: ¦^¦ ¦ ' - .. ' ' ¦ " '' But you may reply , that you intend to give , this " odd sort of . uompensation" —this " fall justice" to the labourers , in order that they may give you their support in obtaining a total and immediate repeal of the Cora Laws . What ! and this , too , after you have laid a direct tax upon the produce of yout own land ? -Vi Would you compel the English farmer to pay , in oonseqaence of the poverty occasioned by taxatioH , tea times the amount of poor-rates , ^ and ten times the ' amount of cotraty rates ? ; Would you compel him to pay these ,

      ami compel him , topi to-uallow the parson to take his tenth ; sheaf , his tenth ; potato , add hia tanth pig ; and , in additioa to all these , lay a direct tax upon his produce ; and ; then would you allow the foreigner , who had paid none of our poor rates , none of our county rates , who was unacquainted witb the tithlngman , either to hfa wheat field orpiRgery ; who had nene of the direct tax to pay , you have laid upon the British farmer ; I aski Sir , would you , allow tte foreigner , who h * d noneof these thingB to pay , ; to compete , ( or rather engross . ) in the market with the English farmer ? : . ' ¦ ¦ . : . ¦ ¦ ; ' . ' : ¦ ¦ : ¦; . }¦ : ¦ - > - : ; . '

      What woald you think of the government which should lay a tax upon the English railway proprietor , of one penny per head per mile , and which should allow the foreigner to come in and lay down a railway , and Bufiar him to run without any tax ot all ? Would not you think it a curious exempliflcfltion of the principleai of freetrader But what would you Uibk of a-people who should peiition for such "justice ? ' ? Would you not think it an «< odd kind of compensation , " and a singular measure of " jasttce" which was meted oat to them < in consideration of all their elill and capital ? Bemove the taxes ; place the English farmer upon an equal footing , in all thinga , with the foreigner ^^ yeu \» ish him to compete / With / , But withoutthis , I think you will find it difficult to persuade the people of England foreuch an ' odd compensation *' and "full meaaureof jusMoe , * to support you in the perpetration of such monstrous wrong . .. . ;• - -- ;^ :-. , ; . ;¦ ' . > . •? ^ ;" v ;' - \ -V- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .::

      But ; Sir , even allowing that ttie ahif ting of the ^^ taxes from articlea of consumption to rents , funds , and other property : even allowing that the " changing of the species without diminishing the qnantity , " would have a tendency t « act to yout heart ' s desire , how do you guppoae that It is to be come at ? Is it not the everlasdng pretence , that if the Charter became the law of the land , It would be a measure of confiHcation ? that it wonld have a tendency to take tha : estates of the arUtocracy , and [ give them to God knows who ? We know well that these charges are falset we know well , top , that those who make them know them W be false ; but they are made ; and are made the basis of all the immnasureable insults and injury heaped upon the devoted headg of the too-patient , too-enduring

      wealthproducers of this country . Andj Sir , let me ask you what would your proposition be , allowing it to act as you would insinnate , but a measure of direct and violent confiscation f . Would it not be , if jroitr implied bpinioris be correct , a taking of £ 30 , 000 , 000 a-year from the presant owiiers of property , andv ; distribating it among the other classes of society 1 In the warmth of your feelings , you may perhaps bo-ready to exclaim , V that they deserve ifel that they have wrong infinitely more from tbe industrious classes of this country ; and that it will only be a sott of compeniatibn for . their long course of plunder and wrong they have inflicted upon the cbontry . 'l Well , Six , be thatnait may , how

      are you to bring about the end you profess to havei in view ? You will answer , by briBging the voice of the people to bear upon ; the aristocracy—by the " pressure from without" And , can you really have hopes that the aristoerocy will yield to any " pressure" that , on ito onset , proclaims it will deprive them of £ 30 , 000 , 000 a year ? Cbartlsm may be foolish ; it may be ; wild ; it might tend to produce distxesa and anarchy ; but , Sir , at all events ,

      Bat you perhaps will tell me , that I have overdrawn the picture , and that it will not act as a system of confiscation to the extent that I seem to snppbae . Not act to the extent that I suppose I What ) was all this vapour , then , about " the odd sort of compenBatlon , " and "demanding foil justice for the labourer ? " If it be only to " change the species without dtminisbing the quantity" wherefore this , attempt to frighten-the aristocracy , or gull the people , by the pompons parade of " demanding a re-adjustment of our national taxation ?^ Come , Sir , what did the words mean ? Either the msasure will have the effect of

      giving the working classes " full juitice " and " an odd bind of compensation , " by causing a confiscation , or it will not . If it Will cause a confiscation ; do you think that the aristocracy are such old women in breeches that they will sooner pass a measure which will deprive them of their power , than they would grant Universal StrFPUAGE ? Universal Sttfraije ooxild put confiscate , at the worst ; but yout measnre ia confisca tion to beffiniuith 111 ityour words have any meaning . But they have no meaning i ! You know that they are words which are" full of sound and fury , —signifying nothing " ! -: / ¦ ¦ :- ' ; . ¦ ; . . ; . ¦ ¦ , " ¦' ¦¦ . " ¦ r \ : ' : :- ¦¦ : ¦ :- . V- - - : v . ¦ ¦ -.

      Let ine beg of you , Sw , to give over this mode of procedure . It is unworthy of you . Be assured from me that it is perfectly in vain to attempt to mislead the people by any such clfiptrapa . You acknowledge that you cannot obtain your ends without the people's support . Then be honest at once ! Hold out the right band of fellowship to the labourer , and tell him that you ko with him for " full justice , " Univfrsal Suffrage ; and then they . are with you to a manV Nothing less can serve you . Causes are at work which will assuredly reduce this country to a second or third rate In the acale of nationsj , unless the power of the people , In the shape of Universal Suffrage , be at the back of tbe ceuntry ' s intelligence . That you may take that part which becomes an honest man and a patriot , is the sincere desire of v '¦; ' ; '¦'¦ ¦ " ; ' : . ; ' . ' -. ' -Youra truly , ., . ";¦¦ . ' '" ¦ . '¦ ' ' ¦ . - ' ¦ ' .. : '" . "¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ - .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ . James Pennt . . ' : Miilbridge , Dec , 27 , 184 ^ . : '

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      A LIST OF NpMINATI <) NS TO THE NATIONAL j CONyENTipN , FOB MARCH , 1842 . Northumberland and Durham Cumberland and Westmorland , Bronterre O'Brien . Yorkshife , Feargits O'Connor , Geo . Julian Harney , Edward Claytpn , John West , Geo . BinnB . Lancashire , James Leach , * John Bieesly . Cheshire , William Griffin , | John CimpbelL * . Derbyshire , Leicester , NotUiighamj Thomas Raynor Smart , John Skevington , Dean Taylor , George Harrispn Farmer , Jonathan Bairf tow , Staffordshire , 0 . B . Mart , John Mason , John Richards . Warwick and WorcestersUitej Qeo . White . Northampton and Oxfordshire / Monmouth and Herefordshire , Morgan Williams . *

      Devon , Cornwall , and Dorset , Thomas Smith . Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts ,, ^ iUiam prpwting Roberts , Robert > "Kemp PhUp , * George Msrse ¦¦ ••'• .-Bartlett , ^^ Felix William ^ SimeonV John Copp . Hants , Sussex , and Isle of Wight , Nathaniel Moriibg , William Woodward . Essex . Middlesex , Surrey , and Kent , P . M . M'Douall , * William Cajritr , William PrawHngR ^ bertB , William Bsnbow , Goodwin Barmby , J . W , ParkBr , John Fussell / Edmund Stallwooa , Boffy Ridley , William Robson French , Philip M'Grath , William Fox , John Watklns , ;~ i- Rainaley , > -r-Rflbson ,. r-r--Balls . . ¦ *' London , John Knight , John Maynard . : : Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridge .

      It will bo seen that in the above list there are no nominations for several of the Electoral Diitricts . We believe there are candidates for each District , but their names , reiadencea , to ., have not yet been forwarded to the General Secretary , without which ; it ia impossible for them to be taken cognisance of . The nomibations not yet forwarded inast be immediately sent in , when the complete list . will be issued , and a day for the Ballot fixed . Those who desire information on this subject should consult the instructiohs issued after the sitting of the Executive in Birmingham . ;• . ; . ¦"¦" - ¦ : ; ' [ . ; . ' . ¦ ¦ : , ' ' : - - ; ; . ' - . ' . ' ¦ .. Those ' marked thus ¦' * , are members of the Executive . ' i- " ... ' ¦' . v- ' : ' ' ; : ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ '¦ ' . '"' ' ,.,: ¦ '¦ . ¦ ¦

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      Case of Reeve . —Mr .- Watkina has received ; and paid the following sums , for which Raeve begs to express his sineera thanks—r ^ ¦ ¦ v ^ --v ' - ::-: :- . " - - - :- - ¦ 7 ' ^ -: :, '; , . - - ' ; . - •" . ¦ . ' ¦ . - . k - . ^ & "; . . \' : Mr . Williams , Sunderland ; .. 2 o A few female friends , Wai worth ... 0 8 '; . ¦ ¦" ; - , : : ' . Mi . -I « rkiii ; "d < fc -. ; - ' - ' v ,. -: ; - ' -V .. . . ; ... 1 ( t : " /¦ ¦ . ; Miy TtiwaUes , do . ¦ . ' » ; i .. ... Id Mrs . Xhwaites ; doV .. .. ^ . v . 0 ^ ' ¦ I A poor' msuxi JBritt ^ l ... , V / 0 6 " ; ' - : ' . ' V '¦ ;>/ ";>;;; ; " . " ' ^ y ,. , ¦ ' \\ - ¦ - .. ' ^ . . ' . ¦ \ ' : 6 vx ) : ;; v : ' ; - ; PiNpER ' s BlACKiNOr--The' money due to the Exeoutivfej froia E . Pinder , is as fo ) lows : ~ ' Mr . Haigh , Hawick , ... ... 3 1 The Association of

      Sutton-in-Ashfield , .. i i , ... ... 0 10 The Association of Females , do . ... 0 5 The Associatiori of Mansfield , ... 0 2 ^ Mr . Derry , Mountsorrell , ... ... 0 5 Mr . Jackson , Hull , ... ... 0 6 Mr . luody , Hulli ... ... ... 0 6

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      ^ BlAt OF QPBOTSSBT ANDHIS AcWMPIiTGES .-Olt Thursday week the trial of Qaenisset and -his a « 5 omphces for their attempt to issaBsinate LbnisPhilliDuo

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct580/page/5/